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PATENTBD MAY 21,1907.

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APPLICATION FILED NGV. 14,1906'.

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CASTING AND CONVEYING MACHINE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented May 21, 1907.

Application filed November 14, 1906. Serial No. 343,369.

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Be it known that I, WILLIAM MeV AY, a citizenof the United States, and aresident of Bellaire, in the county of Belmont and State of Ohio, haveinvented a new and Improved Casting and Conveying Machine, of which thefollowing is a. full, clear, and exact description.

This invention is an improved casting and conveying machine constructedand arranged to receive the molten metal from a blast-furnace in thecasting-house, cast it into a convenient sizev and thereafter convey thecasted iron or pigs as they are usually termed, to the required point ofdischarge.

The invention, generally stated, consists of a series of ladlespivotally supported underneath a conduit or trough conveying the moltenmetal, said trough having a point of discharge above each ladle. At eachside of each ladle are arranged at a somewhat lower level a series ofchilling molds for receiving the metal from the ladles, each mold beingpivotally supported and operable to discharge on a conveyer below,preferably composed of a series of intergeared rolls.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings forming a part ofthis specification, in which similar characters of reference indicatecorresponding parts in all the figures.

Figure 1 is a side elevation of the machine vertical section; Fig. 2 isa plan of the machine with part of the mechanism broken away to moreclearly disclose the construction underneath, and Fig. 3 is a crosssection-substantially on the line 3-3 of Fig. 2, looking in thevdirection of the In the construction ofthe machine are employed a seriesof pairs of standards 1, suitably spaced apart for supporting themachine construction. On alternate pairs of standards are secured posts2, in which are pivotally supported as by trunnions 3, ladles 4, theconstruction of these ladles as best shown in Figs. 1 and 3, consistingof troughshaped receptacles extending substantially the full width ofthe machine, and havin formed in the upper edge at each side thereof, aseries of extending lips 5 for directing the molten metal at either sideto chilling molds 6 arranged below.

Above the ladles 5 a conduit or trough 7 runs, having a number ofdischarge lips or other exits 8 equal I I I I I I I tion, when one oftherolls is to the number of ladles I 7 through their respective lips 8iemployed in the machine construction, an exit being positioned aboveeach ladle. For tilting the ladles 4 in filling the chilling molds 6, alarge gear 9 is iixed to one of the trunnions 3 of each ladle, whichmeshes with a Somewhat smaller gear 10 journaled underneath it on thepost 2 and having a hand lever 1 1 by which it is operated.

As best shown in Fig. 3, the chilling molds 6 are in the form of longV-shaped receptacles with an intermediate transverse rib 6a, each moldhaving a trunnion 12 at each end liournaled in suitable cross-beamscarried by the standards 1, which positions the molds their pivotalmovement at right angles to On alternate standards l on which the ladles4. are not carried, the adjacent trunnions 12 of alining molds 6 areconnected together through intermediate worm-wheels 13, thus forming themolds in rigid pairs in order that they might be simultaneously revolvedon their trunnions by a single operation. This is preferablyaccomplished by a worm or screw 14 iournaled transversely of the machineunderneath each series ofworm-wheels 13 with which it intermeshes. Atone end of this sccrew ahand lever 15 is fixed by which the screw isrevolved.

Fixed to the standards 1 at the sides ofthe machine just below the mold6, are longitudinal beams 16 on which are rotatably mounted in suitablebearings a series of transverse rolls 17. Said rolls are placed closetogether and intergeared with each other by a series of intermediategears 18 meshing with similar gears carried by the rolls. By thisconstrucdriven the whole train of rolls is caused to revolve in the samedirection, providing a conveyer for the machine to carry the cast ironor pigs to a suitable point of discharge. l

In the operation of the machine, the ladles are filled with molten metalfrom the conduit The ladles are then tilted at each side by the workingof their respective hand levers 11 until the molds arranged underneaththem are filled. l/Vhen the metal has solidified and chilledsufficiently the handles 15 are revolved until the molds assume aninverted position, whereupon the pigs drop from them upon the conveyer,the latter as above indicated, acting to carry them to the requiredpoint of discharge.

Although I have described the invention ICO IIO

a conveyer underneath the mold, means for tilting the ladle on itstrunnions, and means for revolving the molds on their trunnions fordischarging their contents upon said conveyer.

5. In a machine of the character described, in combination, two ladlespivotally suspended transversely of the machine, a series of sets ofmolds pivotally mounted below and between said ladles and arrangedlongitudinally of the machine, each set comprising two molds rigidlyconnected together, a conveyer underneath said molds, and means forsimultane ously revolving said sets of molds on their pivots whereby thecontents thereof are discharged upon said conveyer.

6. In a machine of the character described, in combination, a series ofladles pivotally suspended on trunnions transversely of the machine, aseries of molds journaled on trunnions below said ladles and arrangedlongitudinally of the machine, each set comprising two molds connectedtogether through an intermediate gear, a conveyer underneath said molds,and means for simultaneously operating the connecting gears of the setsof molds to discharge the contents thereof upon said conveyer.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in thepresence of two subscribing Witnesses.

WILLIAM MCVAY.

in detail, I regard the precise embodiment as l not material providedthe essential characl teristics are employed as pointed out in theannexed claims.

IIaving thus claim as new and desire to secure Patent:

l. In a machine of the character described, in combination, a pluralityof ladles pivotally suspended, a conduit above said ladles having anexit over each of them, a series of chilling molds longitudinallyarranged and pivoted below said ladles, and a conveyer positionedunderneath said molds.

2. In a machine ofthe character described, in combination, a pluralityof pivotally suspended ladles, each having lips at each side thereof, achilling mold pivotally mounted underneath each lip of each ladle, and aconveyer underneath the chilling mold. l

3. In a machine of the character described, in combination, led,

described my invention I by Letters a ladle pivotally suspenc aplurality of chilling molds journaled' on trunnions permanently arrangedbelow and at each side of the ladle, a conveyer underneaththe molds, andmeans for turning the molds on their trunnions to discharge them l onsaid conveyer.

4. In a machine ofthe character described, in combination, a ladlepivotally suspended on trunnions having a series of lips at each sidethereof, a series of molds journaled on trunnions arranged at each sideand below the ladle, each mold adapted to receive the contents of saidladle through one of said lips,

Witnesses ANDREW Gooi), ISAAC ANDERsoN. 1

